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Sappho in the Holy Land : lesbian existence and dilemmas in contemporary Israel

Title
Sappho in the Holy Land : lesbian existence and dilemmas in contemporary Israel / edited by Chava Frankfort-Nachmias & Erella Shadmi.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava.
  • Shadmi, Erella.
Description
vi, 281 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series in Israeli studies
Subject
  • Jewish lesbians > Israel
  • Jewish lesbians > Israel > Political activity
  • Jewish lesbians > Israel > Identity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Knowing lesbians, lesbian knowing: introduction / Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Erella Shadmi -- PART I. EXPERIENCE -- Lesbians in Israel: a legal perspective / Ira Hadar -- The story of ClaF: the community of lesbian feminists / Haya Shalom -- To re-construct the community: lesbians on a Kibbutz / Nurit Barkai -- Emigration: the case of the Israeli lesbian / Chava Frankfort-Nachmias -- Orthodox lesbians: not a contradiction in terms / Devorah Esther -- PART II. CULTURE AND IDENTITY -- Toward a history of gay bars in Israel: a memoir / Amalia Ziv -- The presentation of self of young Israeli lesbians: a discourse on split identity / Diana Luzzatto -- Crafting multilayered identities in Israel / Pnina Motzafi-Haller -- From "sexless in Russia" to "proud Israeli lesbian": immigration stories of coming out / Adi Kuntsman -- PART III. POLITICS -- Lesbians in the women's peace movement / Su Schachter -- Alliance and denial: lesgian protest in women in black / Hannah Safran -- A rainbow kufiyya / Mickey M. -- PART IV. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION -- Israeli lesbians, national identity, and motherhood / Ruti Kadish -- The construction of lesbianism as nonissue in Israel / Erella Shadmi.
Call Number
*PYI 05-1131
ISBN
  • 0791463184 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0791463176 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004042991
OCLC
54503764
Title
Sappho in the Holy Land : lesbian existence and dilemmas in contemporary Israel / edited by Chava Frankfort-Nachmias & Erella Shadmi.
Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, 2005.
Series
SUNY series in Israeli studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava.
Shadmi, Erella.
Research Call Number
*PYI 05-1131
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